Month: July 2010

i’ve been thinking a lot about my illness and miscarriage last august and the impact it has had on me. that and the subsequent loss have left a mark on me i’m afraid i can’t erase. regarding the illness. i was in the hospital for 1 full week…which, if you consider it, is pretty drastic. …

so i can’t figure out my completely wackadoo cycle this month, so what do i do? i turn to the fertility forums on-line. big mistake. so much doom and gloom! a bunch of anxious, hormonal women with internet access! i’m sure there’s good info to be found, but there’s so much fear and crazy abbreviations …

that’s how i think. in numbers all the time. day i’m on of my cycle (25). due date if got pregnant this cycle (april 6) . time passed since last pregnancy loss (2 months). time we’ve been trying to have a child (19 months). how old my first baby should be right now (5 months). …

how do you think positively when all your experiences teach you to expect the worst? how do you hold out (that evil word) hope? how do you know how much you can handle and if it’s worth continuing to fight and hurt? anyone have any answers to these questions? how about, “where do babies come …

i spent all weekend with my wonderful family and we had a glorious time. playing in rivers and lakes and hiking and eating and gallivanting around northern michigan. i especially liked the gallivanting and the eating. between all my cousins’ kids there were 6 kids between the ages of 1 and 9 and we had …

Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah is a writer and a Physician Assistant, mom of two, wife of one, and co-owner of a vegan ice cream business. She aims to keep laughing, finding the funny in the hard stuff of life.
She is the third place winner of the 2018 Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest: https://marktwainhouse.org/royal-nonesuch